A St. Joe woman already charged with using a stolen vehicle in a pair of shoplifting incidents was back in court Friday. Prosecutors say one of the shoplifting incidents rises to the level of a class-b felony robbery after the suspect allegedly bit and cut the employees trying to stop her.

Shanique Buckner, 24, is charged with robbery for an incident at the J.C. Penny store at the East Hills Mall on March 16. According to a court affidavit, loss-prevention officials confronted Buckner just outside the store after spotting her conceal merchandise.

According to the affidavit, “she bit one employee and caused another to be cut on their finger.”

When she was detained by police, the defendant was allegedly in possession of over $400 of property that belonged to the store. Officials also assert that while struggling to get away, the defendant dropped the key to a stolen Toyota Camry, allegedly the same stolen vehicle used to get away after an earlier shoplifting incident at the same store. As we reported, Buckner was charged earlier with first-degree tampering.

In the court filing, police say Buckner and others stole over $1,000 in property from the store in just one week. The affidavit asserts that Buckner is a suspect in three stolen vehicle cases in less than a month.

During an initial court appearance on Friday, Associate Judge Rebecca Spencer scheduled the robbery case for a preliminary hearing on April 11. Buckner is due back in court April 14 on the tampering charge.